Maria Ressa
Claim to fame = In a long-running psssing match with the Philippine government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ressa
Dmitry Muratov
Claim to fame = Hasn’t been murdered by Putin...yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Muratov
The Nobel Prize may have saved Sakharov's life. Killing a Nobel Prize winner draws a lot of attention.